Thursday, 15 September 2016

What is Breast Density?

The breast tissues are formed mainly of milk ducts, milk glands, supportive tissue which is dense in nature and fatty tissues that are non dense tissues. Dense Breasts are so since they have more

Monday, 1 August 2016

Molecular Breast imaging and breast specific Gamma Imaging for cancer screening

What are MBI and BSGI?
Breast specific Gamma Radiation and Molecular breast imaging are essentially nuclear medicine techniques for breast imaging. Both of them require a radioactive agent to be injected into the patient intravenously.

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

The Advanced Method for Breast Cancer Detection – 3D Mammography

Tomosynthesis is also referred to as three dimensional mammography or tomo. In this method dedicated electronic detector system is used to obtain multiple images which are then synthesized by a computer and hence create thin slice images of the breast.

Monday, 11 July 2016

What You Need to Know About Breast Mammography and 3D Mammography

With age and due to certain factors the risk of breast cancer increases among women. In order to ascertain the right method of treatment it is necessary to first detect the cancer and for this certain screening tests are required.